Rafaella McDonald is an artist based in Melbourne. Recent solo exhibitions include a wall mural at Readings Carlton as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival’s Uncommon Places (2014) and Done Dream Cone, Top Shelf Gallery (2014). Recent group shows have includes ‘The Kaleidoscopic Turn’ at the NGVA (2015), Makette, Design Institute of Australia (2013) The Poetic Everyman, Sangkring Art Space Yogyakarta (2013) and the Darwin Visual Arts Association. Rafaella McDonald completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts from Melbourne University in 2009 and studied Karawitan at the Institute Seni Idonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta Indonesia in 2012.

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